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    A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.

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It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

by Anatole France Found in: Thinking Quotes,
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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the read more

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

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Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made
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Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made
an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice
a week.

by Unknown Found in: Thinking Quotes,
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I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the
conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am read more

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the
conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

by Unknown Found in: Thinking Quotes,
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If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different....I'd rather be completely fucking mental.

If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different....I'd rather be completely fucking mental.

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Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties

by Charles H. Spurgeon Found in: Thinking Quotes,
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When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to read more

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

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...to point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon...

...to point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon...

by D.t. Suzuki Found in: Thinking Quotes,
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Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

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